MultiAxis

This presentation is more than just a how to make a vertical disc functioning as a flower vase. There are several key themes woven into the presentation.

• * Woodturning is a journey, not just making a thing.

• * The journey starts with a simple horizontal disc then progresses to a vertical disc that becomes a canvas for a multitude of coloring, texturing, and carving techniques.

• * The advantage of picking a form and mastering it rather than jumping from boxes, to platter, to bowls, to pens, to hollow forms. Doing them all, but not mastering any of them.

• * The importance of working out the sequence of operations before you start is stressed.

• And oh yes, the bulk of the time is spent actually making a multi-axis, vertical flower disc.

Once the disc is completed, I walk the audience through a variety of textures, coloring techniques, and carvings that can be used to embellish the basic form. The demonstration can vary in length from 1-1/2 to 3 hours depending upon how many embellishment techniques are shown